Plasterer s nail



Oct. 18, 1927- F..VOIGH PLASTERERS NAIL Filed Au 30, 1923 Patented Oct. 18, 1927.

" UNITED STATES PATENT GEORGE IE. VOIGI-IT, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR T ECONOMY PRODUCTS CORPORATION, A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

PLASTEBERS NAIL.

Application filed August so, 1923. Serial No. 660,208.

My invention relates to improvements in plasterers nails adapted for securing metal lathingto the face of a wall adapted to be provided with a surfacing of plastic coma position; and one of the objects of the present invention is the provision of a U-shaped metal clip carried by a nail and cooperable therewith for securing the lathing to the wall in an outstanding manner.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a, spacing clip having wire engaging indentations struck in its upper edge, the indentations formed to provide wire supporting lips.

a clamping cap carried on the nail shank and movable relativeqto the spacing clip, .cooperable with the 'nail head for hold ng the lathing wire on the wire supporting lips.

A still further object is the provision of an arcuated rib struck forwardly out of the intermediate portion of the rear end of the clip, the rib adapted to assist the side arms in locking the clip against accidental movement on thenail shank.

With the foregoing and still further objects and purposes in view which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention resides in-the combination and arrangement of parts andin the detail of construction hereinafter'described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the. invention can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a nail constructed in accordance with my invention, also showing a fragmental portion of the wall sheathing into which the nail is about to be operatively driven.

' Figure 2 is a side elevation of the nail in its permanent position on the wall, with a section of the lathing disposed between the clamping cap andspacing clip.

' Figure 3 is a plan View of the nail and a section of the lathing.

Figure 4 is a cross section on line 44,

, Fig. 2.

Figure 5 is a sectional view on line 55,

Fig. 2.

A still furtherobject is the provision of Figure 6 is a section on line 66 of Figure 2.

Figure 7 is a plan view of the nail and a portion of the lathing, with the head of the nail removed.

Figure 8 is an enlarged view of the device as shown in Fig. 4, with the sectionof lathing removed. f

Figure 9 is a view on line 99, Fig. 3. Figure 10 is an enlarged view in vertical section of the upper portion of the device.

Figure 11 is a modified form of the spacing clip.

Referring to the drawings in I detail,

throughout which like reference characters designate like parts The numeral 1 designates a portion of the wall sheathing of a frame structure, the face providing a pair of laterally spaced apart flat side arms 4 joined together at one end by an arcuated body portion 5 and provided at their upper edges with indentations 6', the latter formed to provide inwardly eX- tending arcuated lips 7 The body portion 5 has an intermediate portion struck inwardly, thereby forming upper and lower marginal body portions 8 and 9', a slot 10 and a curved locking rib 11, the latter forming one side of a cylindrical opening 12, which extends vertically through the clip and of which the portions 8 and 9 form the opposite side.

13 designates a nail having the usual head 14 and cylindrical shank 15, the latter projecting through the opening 12 in the clip 3, and through an opening 16 in the center of a clamping cap 17, the latter disposed on the shank intermediate the clip and head of the nail.

The rib 11 and body portions 8 and 9 are intended to embrace the shank 15 with suflicient diametrical contraction to become normally frictionally locked thereon against accidental movement relative therto, but vertically slidable thereon when the clip 3 is disposed in engagement with the wall sheathing 1 into which the shank is driven.

The clamping cap 17 is preferably constructed in the form of a dished disk with the convexed side disposed against the head of the nail, as shown in Figs. 2, 9 and it), however, if so preferred, it may be disposed slidably on the shank 15 at any point between the nail head and the clip.

The lathing 2 is intended to seat on the lips 7 and to be permanently held thereon by the cap 17, which is moved into engagement therewith by being engaged by the head 14 when the nail is operatively driven in the wall sheathing 1. If preferred, the cap 17 may be dispensed with and the head 14 made to directly engage the lathmg 2, by enlarging the head diametrically. However as I have found it impracticable to manufacture nails with heads the dimensions of which exceed certain maxinnmi limitations relative to the shanks, I prefer to restrict the size of the head to the ge erally accepted standard of nail heads, and to employ the cap 17 as an intermediate element for engagaing and binding the lathing 2 on the clips 3.

To facilitate the forming of the clips 3 and assembling them of the nail shanks by automatic machines, the sheet; metal. from which they are formed is necessarily of thin stock, which, in order that it may stand-up under the clamping-of the lathing 2 thereon during the driving of the nails, must consist of comparatively hard rigid metal. And as the thin edges of such metal would be very likely to cut and damage the lathing, particularly if the nails were accidentally driven excessively, I provide the side arms 4.- of the clips with arcuated lips 7, which are formed by indenting portions of the upper edges of the arms (see Figs. 8, 9 and 10).

IVhile I prefer to construct the clips 3 with the lips 7 projecting inwardly as shown in the preferred forms of the invention, they may be made to project outwardly as shown in the modification illustrated in Fig. 11.

The primary object of the locking rib 1.1, is to prevent the side arms 4" spreading away from the sides of the shank 15 well as to hold. the nail snugly against the inner side of the body portion 5, so that the clip would be normally locked against accidental movement on the lower end of the nail. To apply my improved nail for attaching the lathing to the wall sheathing, the forward end of the nail including the clip 3, is projected through one of the meshes of the lathing from the face side and the nail manipulated so as to bring one of thewires of the mesh directly over the lips 7', and then driving the nail forwardly into the sheathing until the head 14 engages the cap 17 and causes it to move into ei'igagement with the lathing and bind it down permaneatly on said. lips.

I I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, a U-shaped spacing clip, a nail having its shank disposed to project through the clip, and an arcuated rib on the clip engaging one side of said shank for holding the opposite side tlwreof against the inner side of the body portion of the clip.

2. In a device of the character described, a ti -shaped sheet n'ictal clip having its intermediate body portion extending around the back of a nail, a portion of said body portion struck forwardly to form a rib engaging the front of the nail.

3. In a device of the character described, a spacing clip formed of sheet metal and having a portion adapted to be bent around a driven lemcnt and having other portions formed into a pair of side arms provided at their upper edges with. notches, said arms provided. on their inner sides at the margins of said notches with wire supporting arcuated flanges or lips.

ii. In. combination, a nail, and a spacing clip formed of a strip of flat metal having a portion looped around said nail and another portion formed into a side arm projecting horizontally outwardly therefrom,

said side arm having a portion of its upper edge formed into alip projecting laterally outwardly therefrom.

5. In a device of the character described,

a spacing clip formed of sheet metal and having a. portion operatively slidably secured to a cooperating nail and. another portion projecting laterally outwardly therefrom to form a side arm, said side arm ineluding its upper edge, being relatively narrow in horizontal cross section, a portion of said upper edge at a distance inwardly from the free end of said side arm being struck laterally to one side to form a lip, said lip adapted to support a lath wire.

6. In a device of the character described, a spacing element formed of a strip of flat metal bent intermediate its ends, thereby forming a loop, and a cooperating nail element projecting vertically through said loop, the free ends of said strip of metal forming a pair of side arms projecting outwardly in parallelisn'l from said nail element, the upper edges of said side arms provided wit-h horizontally extending lips disposed. in a vertical plane extending along one side of said. nail element.

7. In combination. a nail and a spacing clip formed of a strip of flat metal having its intermediate of the nail, a portion of said body portion struck forwardly to form a rib engaging the front of the nail, said body portion having attached thereto a side arm projecting horizontally outwardly therefrom, said side arm having a part adapted to prevent a wire lying on said side arm from moving away from the nail.

8. In combination, a nail, and a spacing clip formed of a strip of flat metal having its intermediate body portion extending around the back of the nail, a portion of said body portion struck forwardly to form a rib engaging the front of the nail, said body portion having attached thereto a side arm projecting horizontally outwardly therefrom, said side arm having a part onits upper edge adapted to prevent a wire lying on said upper edge from moving away from the nail;

9. In combination, a nail, and a spacing clip formed of 'a strip of flat metal having its intermediate body portion extending around the back of the nail, a portion of said body portion struck forwardly to form a rib engaging the front of the nail, said body portion having attached thereto a side arm projecting horizontally outwardly therefrom, said side arm having a projection adapted to prevent a wire lying on said arm from moving away from the nail.

10. In combination, a nail, and a spacing clip formed of a strip of fiat metal having its intermediate body portion extending around the back of the nail, a portion of said body portion struck forwardly to form a rib engaging the front of the nail, said body portion having attached thereto a i side arm projecting horizontally outwardly therefrom, said side arm having a projection on its upper edge adapted to prevent a wire lying on said upper edge from moving away from the nail.

In testimony of the foregoing being my own, I have hereunto affixed my signature this 24th day of Au ust, 1923.

GEoReE F. VOIGHT. 

